No Comments »

Lucid Contemporary Glass on Glass Home in Ontario

• Tweet

• Tweet

Architecture studio Guido Costantino designed this stunning clean lined contemporary home for a family in Canada.

Large shifted concrete pads welcome you into the residence, transitioning internally into a polished concrete floor.

The raised concrete defines circulation, creating a path leading you into the house and back out.

The kitchen is on a raised stage-like section of this concrete pad transition, while the living space is sunken.

3 The concrete pads then step back down out to the exterior opening out on the courtyard pool.

The brief was to preserve the individual needs of family members, while preserving an open plan.

So an L-shaped plan was chosen, enabling private work spaces, while connecting all through the materials and the views.

The material palette is cool and calm.

A collection of clear and smoky glass, polished white sand concrete floors, natural concrete walls, and white metal treads for the stairs.

Spaces are defined through small level and/or material changes like this step down stone tile floor creating a bathing space.

Cool and calm colours prevail throughout.

As if stating the family preference for restrained elegance, the entrance includes the drama of water and an equally refined palette of local river stones.